How to make a cloud, from an old computer, for your site?

Question

Network administration

Good afternoon!
The bottom line: there is a website, it is hosted, there is an old computer. I want to make storage for files that will be uploaded on the site from an old computer. It is possible to completely transfer the site to a computer and refuse hosting. There is a dedicated ip.
Tell me how to implement this, preferably on windows (I'm not friends with Linux)? The site needs php/mysql. Maybe you can install openserver and configure it to create an external server, instead of locally? In general, tell me, please, what to do in this situation?

Answer 1

Learn Linux. Better yet, keep hosting. It costs 3 cents.

Answer 2

The cloud is (in simple terms) storage on the Internet without the details of how it works. Your situation is exactly the opposite. The computer is your own, and not somewhere on the Internet (as they say, in the clouds). Plus, you will also configure it and deal with all the technical details. That is, it is never a cloud. So don't use this term.
There is another term for what you want - NAS , i.e. file storage. And in your case - home file storage.
How to make your own NAS, this topic is very extensive. Two words will not do, and the answer will not fit. But I gave you a direction for googling. The keywords "nas vault" will do, and so on. You can add "do it yourself" and the like. In general, I will not teach how to google. It’s just that it’s not completely clear what exactly you need, why the site, etc., that is, what problem you are solving.

Answer 3

Burn it - and there will be a cloud. Smoke.
You - continue to use hosting, it is about people like you just written. What you want is possible and, in principle, often done for various reasons, but is never done on Windows (well, except for those developed for testing their sites).

Answer 4

apache + php + mysql
can be installed separately.
you can of course also openserver, but this is a monstrous mixture ...
from the router forward the 80th port (previously change the port for the webmord on the router itself) to the computer
, you will also need to park the domain somewhere and specify your IP, or dyndns

Answer 5

1) The idea is very bad, on Windows and without knowledge
2) The question is quite general, break it down into smaller questions (more specifically)
3) There are a lot of videos on YouTube, how and what to set up, for a general idea, if something is not clear, ask here
4) The Internet is full of resources where 120GB storage will cost very little or cost almost nothing, pay only for traffic, look in the search on this site for 100 times asked prices and sites

Answer 6

If the location of the server (distance to the end user) is not critical, then indeed, as many people advise, it is best to rent a VPS somewhere in Germany, France, the USA / Canada - prices are cheap there. Raise centos+nginx+ftp - if statics (files) are planned, then you don't need php, MySQL. This will save you RAM for the file cache. In this case, VOLUME and TRAFFIC are important to you. Search for "Storage VPS"